While Kansas’ influenza rate is still considered “very high” by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Feb ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every 33 seconds, a person dies from heart disease in the United States. With one in every five deaths related to a ...

Metro health departments say the outbreak has not reached the Kansas City area but say there are ways to stay safe just in ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

“EIS [Epidemiology Intelligence Service] officers step up at a moment’s notice to investigate public health threats in the United States and around the world,” according to the website, which retains ...

Federal agencies have mandated and facilitated testing for the H5N1 virus to try to protect birds, cows and humans; ...

But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak driven by unvaccinated people and the U.S. is facing a growing threat from bird flu, potentially affecting both animals and people. Former Centers for Disease ...

Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a measure that bans gender-affirming care for minors in ...

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...

The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...